§ COLONEL BARTTELOTasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether it is his intention to reduce, and, if so, to what extent, the service of Regiments in India?
§ MR. CARDWELL,in reply, said, that when short service in the ranks was adopted, it was arranged that the length of service in India for the headquarters of a regiment should be 12 years, and that it was not intended to disturb that arrangement.